The Leinster Society are delighted to announce that, with the generosity of members in attendance at the Annual Christmas Lunch, they raised a huge €22,300 for charity partner
Aware.
Thank you to the members in attendance and also to Grant Thornton who very generously contributed to this total with their €5,000 donation.
With this money Aware will continue to provide free support, education and information services to people impacted by anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions.
The Leinster Society would also like to thank every member who took part in the toy drive at the event, and brought a gift for a child.
These gifts were then donated among Barretstown, YPAR, One Family, Carr's Child and Family Services, the Santa Fund, St Michael's House, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin and Barnardos Tallaght.
This toy drive is a very important part of the Leinster Society Christmas Lunch, and the below note from one of our charities, The Santa Fund, highlights just why:
'A family with 4 children under 10 lost their mother just before Christmas. The Leinster Society will play Santa this year and hopefully for many years to come as the youngest is 4 years old. Happy Christmas to your members'.
Without the support of the members in attendance this wouldn't be possible.